Do'z Jazz Diaries

Sunday, September 27, 2015

Hi fans and friends.

I would just like to bring you up to date on the events that have come our way. Dinny And The Allstars have had a very busy and successful season and continue to do so. We have played festivals such as Alexandra Bay—Niagara Jazz Festival for the first time and was very successful—Elmira NY Twin Tiers Jazz Festival for the 5th time---South Side Shuffle for the 13th year. We have done many dances for the legion in Brechin On.—which, by the way, puts on great food and a good attendance. We are back again on Nov. 7th for the 6th time with Barb Jordan.

We have also done many gigs for retirement homes and BQ’s—also Simcoe Jazz Society—many gigs at 744 with Barb Jordan and it goes on and on.

We are very fortunate that all of these gigs come our way and have kept us very busy every weekend. Brian has also played with other bands.

So we would like to THANK EVERYONE who comes out to support our gigs and listen to the great bands that Dinny has put together. The musicians have been exceptional and have performed super for us. Our city of Toronto has the best musicians and many times they are not recognized enough.

Our gigs along with many other bands had to be cancelled at Waterloo Legion due to the delay in the renovation of the new building that the legion has moved to. This has been a great loss to many bands and musicians that play with more than one band. Not to mention the stress that Wayne and Nancy have gone through trying to get this resolved. If all goes well there should be music there in late Nov. or early Dec. Our first gig will be Sat. Dec. 19th from 2 to 5 pm if all goes well.